> From: Bernard [mailto:bdebr...@teaser.fr] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:41 PM > To: Stackpole, Chris > Subject: Re: my new Inspiron - WAS: OT: laptop recomendations > > Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > >>From: Bernard [mailto:bdebr...@teaser.fr] > >>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 3:30 PM > >>Subject: my new Inspiron - WAS: OT: laptop recomendations > >> > >> > >> > >[snip] > > > > > >>For I have not been able to get WiFi working so far ! > >> > >>The UBUNTU v8.04 Gnome Desktop proposes a few things to get wifi > >>working, but it does not work here. On my Desktop computer (running on > >>Debian Sarge half upgraded to Etch), WiFi works on my DSL box/router, > >>whether with WEP or WPA encryption. My old Thinkpad 600 worked WiFi > >> > >> > >only > > > > > >>on WEP encryption. This one does not work at all so far ; no doubt > >> > >> > >that > > > > > >>it is my mistake, but I'd like to kwow which one is mine. The > >> > >> > >automated > > > > > >>process "network tools" has not given any success. I have tried to > >>insert my WPA encryption key in /etc/network/interfaces as I have done > >>on my Desktop, but I had no success. A ping on 192.168.1.1 gives no > >>result either. I have not forgotten to switch the side button that is > >>supposed to switch the network ON/OFF. > >> > >> > > > >If you have not used Ubuntu recently, > > > > This is my first encounter with Ubuntu... and it is rather hard, ever > since I also have to cope with Gnome which is also not familiar to me > (used to fvwm). One of the first things that I learnt about Ubunto, is > that, by default, the user cannot become superuser (su) using the root > password [snip]
Meh, the sudo thing annoys me. I just `sudo su` and get the root prompt. I will probably get yelled at again for saying that though... > >the wireless configurations are > >/much/ different then they were in Debian Etch. Try using "network > >manager"; I bet the icon is in the top right of your screen by the clock > >(looks like 2 computers). Left click to see the wireless networks it has > >found, right click to see the properties information. > > > I have just tried this. A left click on the icon just proposes a "manual > config" (it also shows a grayed line "Cabled network". After awhile, a > box appears though, but the box is blank. At this stage, the system has > been up for at least 30 minutes. So, I clicked to "manual config". Once > there and after authentification with my pasword (it still works there), > I clicked on "wireless connexion" and "properties". Once there, I > deactivated the "roaming mode" (I hope there is no confusion in the > translation, since most everything is in French on that laptop). Once > that mode deactivated, the blue network light came on in the front left > of the machine ; it was out before... Ah YES, I just carried another > trial... true enough, the blue light did come in only after I > deactivated roaming, but, this time, when I tried to reactivate it, the > light did not came out and I got two networks available, one is my > neigbour's, the other one is mine. I gave the pasword as required, and > it seems to reach a connexion... the former icon is being replaced by > four bars... If I get the pointer on it, it says : "connection to > wireless network Livebox-46db (0%). [snip] 0% is bad; especially if you have 4 bars shown. Something isn't right. Post your hardware please and let the list look at it. Have fun! ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org